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Shangdu was located in what is now Shangdu Town, Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia, 350 kilometres (220 mi) north of Beijing. It is about 28 kilometres (17 mi) northwest of the modern town of Duolun. The layout of the capital is roughly square shaped with sides of about 2.2 km (1.4 mi).
Faxanadu - a game in the Xanadu series that was outsourced to Hudson Soft. [74]Ys IV 's original releases were outsourced to other companies, and not developed by Falcom. This includes Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys, developed by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine in 1993, Ys IV: Mask of the Sun by Tonkin House for the Super Famicom, and Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - A New Theory by Taito for the PlayStation 2.
Xanadu may refer to: Shangdu , the summer capital of Yuan dynasty ruled by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan. a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, based upon Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's description of Shangdu in his poem Kubla Khan
Dragon Slayer laid the foundations for the action role-playing game genre, influencing future series like Ys. [7] [8] [9] Xanadu was an early real-time action RPG with full-fledged character statistics, and it introduced several innovative gameplay mechanics, such as the Karma morality system, individual experience for equipped items, [3] a heavy emphasis on puzzle-solving, [9] equipment that ...
Xanadu is the fictional estate of Charles Foster Kane, the title character of the film Citizen Kane (1941). The estate derives its name from the ancient city of Xanadu , known for its splendor. Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California , has been considered to be the main inspiration for Xanadu, due to the William Randolph Hearst /Kane comparison ...
Faxanadu is a spin-off or side-story of Xanadu, which is the second installment of Falcom's long-running RPG series, Dragon Slayer. The title Faxanadu is a portmanteau formed from the names Famicom and Xanadu. The game uses side-scrolling and platforming gameplay, while employing role-playing elements with an expansive story and medieval setting.
An enhanced version of the game, Tokyo Xanadu eX+, was released in Japan for the PlayStation 4 in September 2016, and worldwide in December 2017, in addition to a Windows version. A port for the Nintendo Switch was released in Japan in June 2023 and was released worldwide in July 2024.
Marvelous USA Inc., (formerly Xseed Games), is an American video game company founded by former members of Square Enix USA. [1] Founded in 2004, the company became a subsidiary of Japanese game company Marvelous in 2011, providing the localization and publishing services for video games and related materials.